Cleaning Up the Skeletons in Your Financial Closet

A Modern Nonprofit Podcast

Is this you…

“I don’t know if my nonprofit’s accounting systems are bad… and I probably won’t know for sure until something bad happens.”

99% of nonprofit founders we work with don’t have a background in finance. If you struggle with feeling confident that your books are in order… and don’t know how to tell if they’re in order or not, this is THE episode for you.

This week on A Modern Nonprofit Podcast we discuss common red flags you can check today to verify your organization’s financial health.

In this episode, Isabel Sippo joins me to talk about the most common reasons why your nonprofit’s finances might be a mess, and ways to clean them up.

Isabel is the Onboarding Specialist at The Charity CFO. She focuses on helping new clients feel more confident about their financial records by re-engineering financial systems and minimizing opportunities for errors.

In this episode, you’ll discover…

• Key questions to ask if your books are out-of-date (5:50)
• 3 common issues that lead to messy, inconsistent books (10:56)
• The Big Red Flag you need to check for and how to fix it (15:28)
• Tips for how to minimize opportunities for errors (31:29)

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